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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A BIG Happy Birthday Blog Party!

Hello there! I am so glad you could stop by today because this is a special day! It is my blog friend Karen's birthday. I always enjoy everything that Karen creates and she is a sweetheart too, always leaving love on so many crafty people's blogs. In honor of her special day, Erin invited a bunch of us to a party to celebrate Karen! Of course she didn't want us to come to this special party empty handed so I made a few place cards for the special event. Using the latest Embellish Challenge for inspiration, you had to incorporate buttons along with the specific color combo of Brown, Green, Yellow and blue, so here is what I created for Karen.

Starting with some patterned paper from Jillibean Soup, I adhered a full panel to the front of a white card base. I cut a white strip and stamped my leaf image along with my sentiment. I added a few Aqua buttons and a cut out bird, adhering the strip to a brown panel and then to my card.

For the place cards, I simply cut coordinating colors of card stocks down to 3 x 2 added polka dots to the side and a white panel, stamped with the same elements as my card.

I hope you have enjoyed the party here on my blog, in honor of my friend Karen! Be sure to pop on by her blog to leave her some love and also to Erin's blog, as she has a list of all involved. HAPPY BIRTHDAY friend!!

Here is a list of my fellow party-goers! Be sure to pop on by to see what they brought to the party!

Such a beautiful card Lindsay. Perfect button placement, great colors, fresh LO. Just awesome. And those place cards? LOVE! Can you bring some to the party I'm having? You know, like every party I ever plan to have in the future? *chuckle*

How fabulous are these place cards? I love how you incorporate the polka dots from the card to the place cards. Love it and I think the buttons are perfect. Thanks for joining the party fun, what a great way to celebrate Karen's birthday.

Ok, so I need to study this post and jot down some notes. First, look at the green, the glorious use of green that usually evades me. Then, the patterns, love the patterns! Just the right scale to the images so as to not overpower them. Lastly, the buttons. I love the buttons! Lindsay, you are one talented girl and I always love coming here to visit because I learn so much! Thank you so much for joining in on the fun, you sure know how to make a gal feel special!